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Louis Mark [The Fish Basket]
  1. A 14 year old girl.
  2. She is a junior high student.
  3. I think she is white and she is a 14 year old girl.
  4. I think in her home.
  5. December 2, 1938.
  6. George S. Barnard.
Describe what you read or heard.
What are your impressions?
There were really not many questions asked. This interview was was about a young girl that lived with her grandmother and now during this interview her grandmother was very ill. So she was reminiscing. She was telling old stories of her grandmother’s childhood. I bet this made the young girl really happy to thing about the good times she had with her grandmother
 This story was very interesting in the way she retells her own grand mothers store. It a loving story because she takes pride in the things her grandmother told her and the very kind and sweet thing to do.






  1. Who is being interviewed?
The person being interviewed is Jesse Owens of Florence, Alabama.
  1. What is his/her title or position?
Owens was a professional athlete. He ran track.
  1. What is his/her race? Gender? Age?
Jesse was a colored man, around his 20's when the interview took place.
  1. Where is the interview taking place?
The interview took place in Macon County, Georgia.
  1. What is the date of the interview?
The interview was on April 22, 1939.
  1. Who is the interviewer?
Writer Rhussus L. Perry, was the interviewer.
Describe what you read or heard.
What are your impressions?
Track star, Jesse Owens was born into an Alabama farm family. From there, he and his family moved to Cleveland where he found his talent in junior high. He was a runner. His track coach Riley took great interest in him and helped prepare him for the future. After that he climbed his way up. In 1993 he went to Ohio State to extend his path. By 1934 he was on the track team there, and By May 1935, he made himself known as an international runner when he jumped 26 feet 8 1/2 inches, ran the 220-yard low hurdles in 22.6 seconds, and 100-yard dash in 9.4 second. This broke two World records and tied one. He became the first colored caption for Ohio State the following year. That same year he got married. In 1936 Jesse made it on the Olympic team, and won 2 events. His relay team also won in a record breaking time. Afterward he went back to school to finish his studies and helped get colored athletes a better chance in life.
My initial thought after reading this interview was that it was unfair for a human being to work so hard, ,and to have so many accomplishments, and even after proving himself still be discriminated. I think that Jesse Owen’s story is inspiring and that it shows just how people worked even when times were hard. They didn’t give up, no matter what race.

Maggie Folsom
Interview #1
Jim Lewis, turpentine worker
  1. Who is being interviewed?
Jim Lewis is the man being interviewed in the story.
  1. What is his/her title or position?
He takes any job he can get, but currently he is a turpentine worker.
  1. What is his/her race? Gender? Age?
Jim Lewis is a colored male. His age is not mentioned in the interview.
  1. Where is the interview taking place?
The interview is taking place off of highway 90, near Padgett’s Switch, Alabama, just sixteen miles from Mobile.
  1. What is the date of the interview?
This interview was taken on the week ending November 4th, 1938.
  1. Who is the interviewer?
The interviewer is a woman named Helen S. Hartley
Describe what you read or heard.
What are your impressions?
  • In the interview, I read about a colored man named Jim Lewis from Alabama. He was interviewed when doing his job, which is collecting rosin from pine trees. He then leaves the buckets near the tree and someone else picks them up. He does this job for the turpentine busniess. Jim also takes any other little jobs he can get to help support his family. during the interveiw Jim saved himself and the interviewer from a deadly snake.

  • After reading the interveiw abou Jim Lewis, the colored turpentine worker, I thought how hard it must have been for him and his family if he was the main supporter and all he did was the little jobs that he could get. I think that he is a very strong minded up beat man to continue doing what he does even when things look bad for him, and dont seem to be getting better.

  1. Who is being interviewed?
  2. What is his/her title or position?
  3. What is his/her race? Gender? Age?
  4. Where is the interview taking place?
  5. What is the date of the interview?
  6. Who is the interviewer?
Describe what you read or heard.
 What are your impressions?
  • Summarize questions and responses.
  • Do not include every question and response.
  • Select those that best tell the story of the individual being interviewed.
  • Include direct quotes, using quotation marks when needed.
 What are your impressions of the interviewee, based on what you have heard or read? * Include your personal observations and judgments about the interview.
  • Always anchor subjective responses in the data of the interview.